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No Nonsense XML Web Development with PHP |  | Author: Thomas Myer
Publisher: SitePoint
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 985276
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 354
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 1
ISBN: 097524020X
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.74
EAN: 9780975240205
ASIN: 097524020X
Publication Date: July 27, 2005
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Product Description
A practical and concise book that teaches XML from the ground up. This tutorial style presents various XML methodologies and techniques in an easy to understand way, building a basis for further exploration. XML is essentially an enabling technology, dry and boring on its own. As a result, most books on the market are dry, and academic in nature teaching theory rather than practice. This book actually teaches practical, real-world applications of XML, using the very latest version of PHP (PHP 5) as the base language. No Nonsense XML Web Development with PHP explains how XML can be put to use in real-world projects. The book also covers buzz topics such as RSS and Web Services.
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 Fantastic XML Guide!! September 14, 2005
Daniel McKinnon (Tewksbury, MA USA)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
I've done a lot of reviews for computer reference books out there, and I am continually impressed by the sitepoint line of web development books. I have yet to find a book by sitepoint that I didn't find immediately useful or get something out of, and 'No Nonsense XML Web Development With PHP' keeps the tradition of great books going. The first thing that I would like to state is that while 'PHP' is on the cover of this text, this is a little misleading. PHP is the chosen server-side language used in examples throughout, but this book is not just for PHP developers. Having primarily worked in the ASP/ASP.NET world, I wasn't sure if this book would be very useful with my track record and if there is any complaint to be made, it's that I think the PHP part should have been dropped, as this will no doubt cause an audience that would have found this book useful to shy away and pick up a related text without the PHP note in the title.
As for the book itself, the author begins with a history of XML and some basic examples of its usefulness in the everyday world (why it's here to stay). Not only providing the basics and history of XML, the author goes on to talk about what DTDs/schemas are used for and how XSLT can be used to turn an XML document into another XML document, an HTML document, etc. How Javascript can be used on the client-side to access and modify XML is discussed, and then PHP is demonstrated in numerous examples to show how real logic can be put in use with XML data. The author also discusses RSS, web services and how to incorporate XML data and a database.
All in all, this is great book for any individual to learn more about how to use XML in your web site/application. More a teaching tool than a reference, this book follows up on the great history of other sitepoint books and is a highly recommended resource for any web professional that wants to learn more about XML and how it has benefited everyone (and I do mean everyone since XML is so highly integrated with the Internet as a whole). PHP and MySQL users will get an added bonus since this is the focus environment of the book, but as stated right off the bat, you do not have to be an open-source developer to find this text highly useful.
***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Straight to the point - best way to learn XML for the Web! September 18, 2005
R. Dlugy-Hegwer (Northern California, USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you're like me and learn by DOING, this is the book for you. In each section, the author gets straight to the point he is making and then shows you how to do it, step by step. You start from scratch and end up with a working XML content management system and a head full of knowledge. He doesn't elaborate on all the open ended possibilities till your head hurts - he just shows you how to do it in 260 pages (excluding Appendices). Written in plain clear jargon-free English, and completely free of silly examples. This is simply the best book I've read on this topic.
Don't let the PHP in the title fool you. December 31, 2005
J. Tolle (North Carolina, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a book about XML, all the power and flexability that the language gives you. It just happends to use PHP for the database access. Which means that no matter what language you use, this is a must have reference guide.
Thomas Myer has managed to put into writing one of the very best XML primers out there. It starts so gently, dealing with the familiar (HTML), and steps you through some basic examples. By the end of chapter 2 you are doing transforms. Before you close out Chapter 6 you will have worked with XPath Queries. These are no small concepts, but I never felt overwhelmed or lost. Mainly due to the precise and comprehensive writing, but the familiar examples (for web developers they are very familiar) helped keep me on some familiar ground.
If you are using XML over the web (in any language), I urge you to pick this one up. It wil be time very well spent.
A PRACTICAL AND NO NONSENCE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR SURE! November 8, 2005
John R. Vacca (Pomeroy, Ohio)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Do you want to teach yourself XML the easy way? Well, you're in luck! Author Thomas Myer, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that introduces readers to a large part of the XML world, and to walk them, step by step, through the creation of an XML-powered Website.
Myer begins by introducing XML. Next, the author introduces you to the XML family, namely XHTML, XML Namespaces, and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT). Then, he covers DTDs for consistency. The author continues by talking about XSLT and how to use it to transform XML for display in a browser. In addition, the author next covers XSLT in detail. He also shows you how to manipulate XML with client-side tools. Next, the author tackles the server side, specifically addressing the question of PHP 5 as he explores the differences between SAX, DOM, and SimpleXML function libraries for working with XML. Then, he delves into the specifics of the different varieties of RSS that are available, and discusses news aggregators, the parsing of feeds with PHP, and more. The author continues by looking at XML and Web Services. Finally, he considers XML and databases.
With the preceding in mind, the author has done an excellent job of presenting the fascinating topic of XML. So, with any luck, XML will serve you well for some time to come!
Could have been more practically focused October 7, 2005
Jack D. Herrington (Silicon Valley, CA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The outline for this book needed some review. The ordering of topics seems a little odd to me. The first serious chapters of the book start with XSLT, which is universally considered to be one of the hardest technologies in the XML world to learn.
In fact, it isn't until chapter 7 that you see PHP in the book at all. At which point the author goes over the SAX and DOM models of XML reading and writing. Which, in my mind, would have been the more traditional place to start the book. After a brief explanation of XML and it's usefulness.
Out of the 360 pages of the book only 100 of the non-appendix pages cover PHP. They do it well, but they have to do it at lightning speed since the majority of the book covers XSLT and DHTML.
That being said, there is good coverage of XML work in PHP in this book. And if you are having troubles with PHP and XML then there will be answers here for you.
The writing is good. Which brings up the whole experience by a notch.
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